29.11.2005, 16:27
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Zitat:US plays down planned contacts with Iranians
LONDON, November 29 (IranMania) - The US State Department sought to play down plans for the highest-level contact with Iran in decades, saying it would focus on Iraq and have little impact on ruptured bilateral ties, AFP reported.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signaled last month that Washington was looking at the possibility of direct contact with Iran as part of efforts to get on top of the violence in Iraq.
"We're considering whether that might be useful," Rice told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 19.
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They share a long border, and there are a number of issues of which they can work together ... in an atmosphere of mutual respect and transparency," he said.
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